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Provincial Water Board
Published on 12 May 2020
Spain
Comunitat Valenciana
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About this good practice
Provincial Water Board is a panel of water experts and civil society representatives that designs consensual strategies to manage water, and its heritage.
Resources needed
• Involvement of stakeholders: disposition to negotiate and reach agreements.
• Human and material resources
• Support from the technical team of the Water Department
• Travel expenses
• Consultancy studies
• Human and material resources
• Support from the technical team of the Water Department
• Travel expenses
• Consultancy studies
Evidence of success
• Provincial Water Agreement. The launch of this document of consensus in April 2018 that is serving a guideline for the Province in water management.
• The Water Board has prepared allegation documents for the public participation processes of the water management plans to the Hydrographic Basin Authorities.
• The activity of the Water Board led to create the Water Chair in the University that has produced a number of scientific and informative documents.
• The Water Board has prepared allegation documents for the public participation processes of the water management plans to the Hydrographic Basin Authorities.
• The activity of the Water Board led to create the Water Chair in the University that has produced a number of scientific and informative documents.
Potential for learning or transfer
The model of the Provincial Water Board can be transferred to other locations and situations where important social consensus is required and when we are dealing with complex issues that include socio-economy, heritage, natural resources and environment, etc.
The current effort is to transfer it to the National level. In this period the Board will invite members of the National Ministry so that they would use a similar approach in the near future but for the water management strategies of the whole country.
The general frame for this practice is: creating boards of negotiation including a wide group of stakeholders that are supported by an unbiased background of data and knowledge produced by the university and other organism with skilled technical staff. This focus can be used for a wide range of challenges, especially those related to water that can be complex both technically and socioeconomically, and might create interesting synergies.
The current effort is to transfer it to the National level. In this period the Board will invite members of the National Ministry so that they would use a similar approach in the near future but for the water management strategies of the whole country.
The general frame for this practice is: creating boards of negotiation including a wide group of stakeholders that are supported by an unbiased background of data and knowledge produced by the university and other organism with skilled technical staff. This focus can be used for a wide range of challenges, especially those related to water that can be complex both technically and socioeconomically, and might create interesting synergies.
Further information
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Good practice owner
Organisation
Provincial Council of Alicante
Spain
Comunitat Valenciana
Contact
External project advisor